c/o
Law Offices of David B. Bloom

3699 Wilshire Boulevard
Tenth FloorLos Angeles, CA90010
213-384-4088

Board
of Governor Meetings
Your Wilshire Bar Association Board of Governors generally convenes the first
Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m.
Our next Board meeting is Tuesday, April 5, 2016. If you have any ideas how
our Wilshire Bar may continue to contribute to our Bar and our Community, or
any suggestions for events or speakers, please contact Edward Idell at
818-522-5102 or by email at eddiesq@gmail.com
to present your ideas to the Board.

Your Wilshire Bar
Association provides activities and
opportunities for attorneys in and around Wilshire
Boulevard from Santa
Monica to downtown Los Angeles, California,
including Continuing Education of the Bar, Educational Interaction with the
Judiciary, Links to Legal Resources, Networking, and Community Out-Reach
Programs.

We particularly look
forward each year to our "Bench and Bar" Dinner and our Appellate
Justices Luncheon.

Calendar of Events

Wilshire Bar Association and the Korean Community Lawyers Association
invite you to our Annual Appellate Justices Luncheon which will be held on Monday, June 6th, 2016 at
noon at The
Double Tree Hotel located at 120 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles,
California 90012. We will have a special guest speaker for this event and a
choice of salmon or chicken entrée. Reservations are required, and must be
made at least seven days before the event date. The cost is $50.00 per
person. Please contact Yesenia at (213) 384-4088, extension “4108,” to make
your advance reservations.

“Annual Day at the Races” –
June 25th, 2016 at Santa Anita Park

On Saturday, June 25th, 2016 we will have our
Annual Day at the Races at Santa Anita Park, located at 285 West Huntington Drive,
Arcadia, California 91007. The Cost for parking (not valet), admission,
program, and lunch, will be $38.00 per person. This is one of our most fun
filled events of the year, and reservations are required. We need to give the
race track a head count seven days in advance of the event. Please contact
Yesenia at (213) 384-4088, extension “4108,” to make your advance
reservations

Annual Dues

It’s time to pay your 2016 dues!Please fill out the Application and return it with your $60 dues made
payable to the Wilshire Bar Association, to David Bloom, at his address, above.
Need another application? Go to the Membership Application link to the left
of this page.

Special Thank You’s and Congratulations

Thank you to Marshall Lerner and Duane Kumagai for your presentation
on May 11th, 2016 on the topic of Enforcing Your Judgment in the
Internet Age.

Thank you to Stuart Faber for your presentation on April 12, 2016 on
the topic of Expungement of Conviction, Reduction of Felonies to
Misdemeanors, Certificates of Rehabilitation & Pardon.

Thank you to Edward Lear
for your presentation on January 27, 2016 on the topic of Staying Out Of Trouble - 2016.

Thank you to Judge Michael
Solner (Ret.) for your presentation on November 19, 2015 on the topic of Recognition and Elimination
of Bias.

Thank you to all who
attended our Annual Holiday Luncheon at El Cholo Mexican Restaurant on
December 11, 2015.

Thank you to all who
attended our Annual Appellate Justices Luncheon on June 3, 2015 and to the
Justices who attended for allowing us the opportunity to get to know them in
a different setting. Thank you also to our guest speaker Sarah Sikich of Heal
the Bay for a most informative presentation about the state of our water
crisis and what we can do about it

Thank you to all who
attended the Annual Dinner with the Judges on June 18, 2015, co-sponsored by
the Korean Community Lawyers Association (KCLA) at the home of the Korean
Consulate General, whom we thank for graciously hosting this event. This was
a most wonderful evening bringing together many diverse groups, including a
delegation of lawyers from Korea.

Thank you to all those who
attended our annual Day at the Races at Santa Anita Park on March 14, 2015. A
fun, if not profitable, time was had by all! Well maybe profitable, depends
who you ask!

Thank you to Blair
Schlecter for your presentation on April 14, 2015 on “Persuasive Legal
Writing.” You have persuaded us all to be better writers! If you would like
to contact Mr. Schlecter for assistance with appeals or general writing,
hiswebsite is http://www.legalwritingandappeals.com/

Thank you to Heather
Antoine for your presentation on February 19, 2015 about “What is Internet
Law?”If you would like to contact Ms.
Antoine, her website is http://antoinelaw.com/Don’t copy anything without permission!

Thank you to Greg Dorst
from “The Other Bar” for your presentation on January 22, 2015 about “Recognizing and Healing From Addiction.” If you would like to contact Mr. Dorst,
or to support The Other Bar (which is not State Bar funded and relies on
donations)their website address is http://www.otherbar.org/

Thank you to Eva Hibnick
and Allen Rodriguez for your presentation on Using Social Media on November
19, 2014.If you would like to contact
them (not on Facebook!)their website
address is http://one-400.com/

Thank you to all who
attended our Annual Holiday Luncheon at El Cholo on December 5, 2014.
Particularly if you sang with us!

Thank you to Ellen Pansky
for your keeping us trouble-free with your presentation on Staying Out of Trouble:Fee Agreements, Billing Statements and
Client Trust Accounts, on October 29, 2014.If you would like to contact
Ellen Pansky, her website address is http://panskymarkle.com/ellen-pansky.html

Thank you to Madeline Di
Nonno of the Geena Davis Institute
on Gender in Media for your MCLE
presentation on September 30, 2014 on Gender Bias in Media and
Entertainment. It engendered some
interesting discussion!If you are
interested in finding out more about this organization, please visit this
website:www.seejane.org

Thank you to all who
attended the Bench and Bar Dinner on August 5, 2014, which was co-sponsored
by the Korean Community Lawyers Association (KCLA)

Thank you to all who
attended the Appellate Justices Luncheon on June 14, 2014.

Thank you to David
Notowitz of the National Center for Audio and Video Forensics for your
presentation on “Utilizing Video and Audio Evidence in Civil and Criminal
Litigation” on May 28, 2014.If you
would like more information, or to contact Mr. Notowitz, please visit their
website at www.ncavf.com

Thank you to Peter O.
Israel, Esq. for your appealing lecture on Preserving the Record on Appeal
and other Important Appellate Issues on April 23, 2014.

Thank you Kenneth H.
Lewis, Esq. for your lecture on DUI
– What Every Civil Practitioner Should Know, on February 20, 2014.

Thank you to all who
attended our Annual Day at the Races at Santa Anita Park on March 22,
2014.We trust that a profitable time
was had by all!

Thank you to all who
attended our Annual Holiday Luncheon at El Cholo Mexican Restaurant.An excellent time was had by all!

Thank you to Michael Chung
for your MCLE presentation on November 12, 2013 about Legal Updates Affecting
Businesses in California.If you would
like to contact Michael Chung, his website address is http://lo-mc.com/

Thank you to Ellen Pansky
for your most ethical presentation on Conflict Waivers on October 9,
2013.If you would like to contact
Ellen Pansky, her website address is http://panskymarkle.com/ellen-pansky.html

Thank you to Michael Swarz
of Globanet Consulting Services for your presentation on Electronic Discovery
on September 11, 2013.If you would
like to contact Mr. Swarz, the Globanet website is www.globanet.com

Thank you to all who
attended Frampton’s Guitar Circus at the Greek Theater on August 24,
2013.We saw some guitar legends and
all had a great time!

Thank you to all the
Appellate Justices who attended our Appellate Justices Luncheon and thank you
to Jessica Wethington McLean,
Executive Director of “Bringing Back Broadway for your most informative
lecture about the efforts to revitalize that part of Downtown.If you want to keep informed about it, and
maybe to help with it, please visit the Bringing Back Broadway website
athttp://www.bringingbackbroadway.com/index.htm

Thank
you to all who attended the Annual Bench and Bar Dinner on May 15, 2013, and
thank you to all of the Superior Court Judges whose attendance helped make
this joint event with the Korean Community Lawyers Association a great
success.

Thank
you to all who attended our annual Day at the Races. We hope a profitable
time was had by all.Or most. Or
some.Certainly a FUN time was had by
everyone!

Thank you to Judge
Lawrence ("Larry") Crispo (Ret.), who spoke to our Association
about One Hundred and Ten Days
Before Trial. We greatly appreciate
your continued involvement with our group.Judge Crispo is available to preside at mediations, arbitrations, for
discovery references and other matters.For more information, and to contact Judge Crispo, please go to http://www.judgecrispo.com

Thank you to Dr. Kenneth Bachrach of the Tarzana
Treatment Centers for your very informative lecture about Identifying and
Treating Substance Abuse in Clients and Peers. For more information about the
Tarzana Treatment Centers or to contact Dr. Bachrach, please visit this
website: www.TarzanaTC.org

Thank you to all who
attended our annual Holiday Luncheon at El Cholo on 12-14-12.A fun time was had by all!

Thank you to CPA Gary
Capata for your lecture on “Care
and Feeding of your Expert Witness.” Our appetite for important expert
information was sated! If you would
like to contact Mr. Capata, please visit his website at www.capatax.com

Thank you to all who
attended our annual Hollywood Bowl event on 7-29-12 which featured Mel
Brooks’ “The Producers.”It was great
fun, and we got some tips on how to produce a Broadway musical and land in
prison!

Thank you to Bruce Bennett
of the Rand Corporation for your lecture at the Appellate Justices Luncheon
on 6-6-12 about North Korea, China
and the Nuclear Threat. Also thank you to all those who attended.

Thank you to attorney Josh Keane of Blau & Associates who spoke about “The
Importance of Insurance” at our April 17, 2012 MCLE Luncheon.

Thank you to private
investigator Jack Badger who spoke to our Association about “Admissibility and Discovery of Private
Investigator Reports and Ethical Issues.”If you would like more information about his company’s services,
please visit www.goldspartan.net

Thank you to Honorable
Retired Judge Lawrence ("Larry") Crispo, who spoke to our
Association about the current ethical issues in mediation. We greatly
appreciate your continued involvement with our group.

Thank you to Appellate Law
Specialist Peter Israel for your MCLE lecture on “Appellate Standards of Review.” We all found it quite
appealing!

Thank you to addiction specialist, forensic counselor
and court liaison Perry Zimmerman for
your candid lecture and discussion about Substance Abuse and its
Impact on the Criminal Justice System.

Thank you to all the
Appellate Justices who attended our Appellate Justices Luncheon and thank you
to Dr. Robert J. Brown of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for your lecture
about advances in the field of pediatric oncology.

Thank you to attorney
Michael Homeier for your lecture on “LLCs
v. S Corporations.”Choices,
choices!If you would like to
contact Mr. Homeier, please visit his website at www.homeierlaw.com/homeier.m.html

Thank you to attorney
Edward Lear for your lecture on The Legal Ethics of Social Media.If you want to contact Mr. Lear, please
visit his website at http://www.calstatebardefense.com/

Thank you to all of the
Judges of the Los Angeles Superior Court who attended our recent Bench and
Bar Dinner.We appreciate your
attendance and participation

Thank you to attorney
Kenneth Lewis for your lecture about how
to obtain, use and deal with Restraining Orders.If you want to contact Mr. Lewis, you may
reach him at 213-624-4904 orplease visit his website at http://www.losangeleslegaldefense.com .

Thank you to Dr. Jack Rothberg, M.D., Ph.D.psychiatrist,
neurologist and expert witness, for your fascinating presentation about the
use of psychologists in civil and criminal trials.If you would like to get in touch with Dr.
Rothberg, you may reach him at 310-208-5776.

Thank you to Dr. Richard Anderson, President of The
Doctors Company, for your timely and interesting presentation about the
future of medical practice in the U.S.Thank you to all the appellate court justices who attended our
luncheon – we hope you enjoyed being our guests.

Thank you to Joel Bennett, Esq. for your informative
presentation about “The Pitfalls of Preparing for Trial.” If you want further
information you may contact Mr. Bennett at his website – www.jrbennettlaw.com.

Thank you to Steven A. O’Rourke, Esq. for your their joint presentation about Alter Ego Law in
California.If you want further
information you may contact Mr. O’Rourke at his website – www.calcorplaw.com.

Thank you to Amy Dow, Esq.for speaking about
“Bias Against Women in the Law,” which was equally enlightening to all who
attended.

Thank you to Ellen Pansky,
Esq. for the presentation on
"Common Ethical Problems Related to the Practice of Law." To
contact Ms. Pansky, please visit her website at www.panskymarkle.com/eap.htm

Thank you to all of the
Judges of the Los Angeles Superior Court who attended our recent Bench and
Bar Dinner.Hearing your viewpoints
about the portrayal of the Judiciary in film and television media was most
enlightening, and we appreciate your attendance and participation.

Thank you to Michael Bunda and Lexis-Nexis for their
Search Engine Marketing for Lawyers presentation.All who attended learned a lot!

Thank you to Michael Swarz of eClaris for your
presentation about the latest electronic discovery laws and technology.For more information about eClaris, please visit their
website at www.eclaris.com

Congratulations to Christopher Marshall, our former President,
who was recently appointed to a judgeship in the San Bernardino Superior
Court.

Thank you to Edward O. Lear, Esq. for your "reely"
interesting lecture on "Reel Justice" and general ethics issues.
The Verdict is that all who attended enjoyed it.

Thank you to Joel Douglas, Esq. of the firm of Bonne, Bridges,
Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols for your highly ethical MCLE lecture on
"The Ethics of Bluffing."

Thank you to Honorable Lee Smalley Edmon of the Los Angeles
Superior Court, Civil, for your informative and interesting MCLE lecture on
"What's Happening in the Superior Courts of L.A."

Thank you Judge Barry Russell, Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy
Court, for your MCLE lecture to the Wilshire Bar on the new bankruptcy law.

Congrats Wilshire Bar Board Member Phil Putnam; elected to South
Pasadena City Council. Phil Putnam is the former Mayor of South Pasadena.

Special thank you to our Association's photographerJohn Michael Ferrari for his photographic
event coverage.

Thank you to Honorable Retired Judge Lawrence
("Larry") Crispo, who spoke to our Association about the current
issues in mediation.

Thank you to Richard P. Carlton, MPH,
of the Education, Research and Development Section of the Lawyer Assistance
Program of the State Bar of California.
Mr. Carlton spoke on "The Common Pitfalls of Legal Practice: An
examination of the substance abuse, mental health and stress challenges
commonly encountered by legal professionals and the resources that are
available to address these problems."

Thank you to jury consultant Harry Plotkin, who spoke about
seating a receptive jury. For information about Mr. Plotkin, and for some
helpful jury selection information, please visit Your
Next Jury.

Thank you to Julie Krone, racing Hall of Fame member and Triple
Crown winning jockey, for her most interesting and inspiring talk at our
annual Appellate Justices Luncheon, and thank you to all the Justices and
Judges who attended.

Thank you to Peter Y. Stephan, CPA, for the wealth of
information you provided about tax resolution issues. For further
information, and to contact Mr. Stephan, please call him at 818-704-1443, or
email at petercpa@sbcglobal.net.

Thank you Howard D. Rosen, Esq., of Donlevy-Rosen & Rosen,
P.A., for your thorough presentation about asset protection. For more
information about Mr. Rosen, please visit his website at www.protectyou.com/howardrosen.html

Thank you to all the Judges and Justices who attended our
Appellate Justices Luncheon on June 4, 2009.Thank you to Poet Laureate Nominee Bruce Sievers for your dynamic and
inspiring poetry reading and lecture at the Luncheon.

Member Discounts

WBA members
receive a 10% discount at the online gift store, Artistor.com.